As lawmakers search for a way out of the latest shutdown showdown, the White House signaled Tuesday that President Trump could get behind legislation that allocates $1.6 billion for border security and that they are exploring other ways to secure the full $5 billion that Mr. Trump is seeking for a U.S.-Mexico border wall.

President Trump warned the Federal Reserve Tuesday not to "make yet another mistake" as it prepares to raise interest rates again this week, actions that the president has blamed for the plummeting stock market.

President Trump accused special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation on Tuesday of "purposely and illegally" erasing thousands of text messages between former FBI employees Peter Strzok and Lisa Page.

Special counsel Robert Mueller on Monday released a heavily redacted memo detailing former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's interview with FBI agents in which Flynn repeatedly lied about his contacts with then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.

More than 400,000 essential government employees could be forced to stay on the job throughout a government shutdown -- even if they'd already planned to take holiday vacations. President Trump has demanded that Congress find $5 billion in new money to pay for more sections of his border wall plans.

The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court Monday to stop an attempt to get a look at the Trump Organization's tax returns and other business data, saying the case is moving too fast and needs more arguments.

President Trump on Monday urged the Federal Reserve to hold off on another expected interest rate hike, calling it "incredible" that the central bank would hamstring growth amid worldwide economic instability.

Mick Mulvaney showed up for a shutdown planning meeting with President Trump on Friday afternoon as his budget chief. Soon afterward, the president surprised the country -- and apparently his own advisers -- by tweeting that he had made Mr. Mulvaney his chief of staff.